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29th January 2008, 05:32 PM
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Bird not eatingI have had this King pigeon for 7 weeks now. Here is the thread about him
http://www.pigeons.biz/forums/showthread.php?t=24204 Well, he is still not eating. I am hand feeding him twice a day and he gained about 80gr, he is where he should be 628gr. But he won't touch food. Today I let him go the whole day without food, nope, he didn't eat or drink. I did eventually give him dinner. He is standing a bit, he can, but doesn't want to, he is not moving around much, he can fly, but won't. What is wrong with him? How can I make him eat? Reti 
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29th January 2008, 06:24 PM
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is there anyway you can put this bird with another so he can compete for food an get the pecking idea into his head by learning from the other ? you might wanna just give it a try an see what happens but its just a thought ? good luck and hope he/she catches on soon
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30th January 2008, 01:24 AM
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30th January 2008, 05:55 AM
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Hi Reti,
This is the first time I have experienced this problem with a pigeon for any length of time. Our Anastasia hasn't eaten since on her own since she was found on Christmas day...then she would pick up food but behave as if she didn't know what to do with it. Her primary problem is PMV. I remember there was a post here about a duck that wouldn't eat until it was offered white bread. That was the only thing it recognised as food. So I have put a slice of bread in Anastasia's cage, just in case that tempts her. Cynthia
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30th January 2008, 09:20 AM
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Have you tried playing with the seeds to spark an interest and then putting some in his mouth? Smaller seeds?
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#8
30th January 2008, 02:33 PM
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Maybe lite coating the seeds with a tasty oil (safflower, wheat germ).
Would hemp seed give them the muchies and they would want to eat?
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30th January 2008, 06:59 PM
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I feed him seeds when I am home, pout them down his throat and the bigger ones I feed one by one.
I tried all kind of seeds and peas and corn. Nothing I have tried, safflower seeds alone and when I don't have much time to make a mess I give him pellets. Only when I have to go to work (three time a week) does he get formula. So might not be a sore throat. In the beginning he used to grab the pellets out of my hand and eat them now he doesn't do even that much. He never ate even one on his won though, I mean pick it up and swallow. Let me know how it goes with the bread Cynthia. Thanks all for your suggestions. Reti
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30th January 2008, 07:20 PM
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I put on a small plate for my Piggy a little bit of whatever I happened to eat daily. Maybe you should try it too. While we eat we put him in his cage and he also start pecking at seeds and at the food I put for him but he still won’t actually eat anything. You should see him playing with long noodles. If I don’t put him in the cage while we eat he will start flapping his wing around, I think he feels the smell of the food and wants too. He defiantly becomes very interested in the kitchen area when I am cooking. I just don’t know what is stopping him to actually swallow the food. He just picks it up with his beak and drops it back down again over and over again.
I was also just thinking that maybe is something wrong with these pigeon’s taste buds.
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#11
30th January 2008, 08:17 PM
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Hi Reti, I have had them not eating sometimes...ones who were very sick when I got them, and, long tedious recoverys of daily tube feeds sometimes for many weeks. I do not know...sometimes they have something wrong with them, where their appetite is not there...and that is just how it is till they get well. What meds has he had? Phil l v
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30th January 2008, 08:31 PM
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Hi Guys and Gals,
I don't know if this will help at all but, once I found an adult, banded racing pigeon near my office in Korea. It refused to fly but looked healthy in every other way. I tried feeding it everything I could think of from popcorn to bread, to beans. It refused to eat anything. One day, while in the convience store I saw a can of Del Montes Whole Kernal Corn. I said, what the heck, and bought one. I drained the juice form the can of corn and when I offered him the large soft corn, he ate like there was no tomorrow. For two weeks, he ate nothing but that soft corn, even thought I kept offering the other, more usual pigeon fare. Well, after two weeks, he left me to return home. He left happy, healthy, and plum full of Del Montes Whole Kernal Corn. Go figure. Take care, All,,,Mike
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